More of Cambria :)

Cambria's 9 month pictures and family pictures

Pictures are done my college best friend Ashley and her husband Quincy. If you live in Kansas City you should use them. {PicGreen Photography}

Steps...

Time needs to slow down

Time seems to be going by so fast now a days. Cami turned 9 months back on the 22nd, and hasn't seemed to slow down one bit. Today, October 31st she finally started saying "mama" consistantly (she has been saying "dada" forever it seems like) and took 3 steps in a row multiple times. We are very proud of her, but not sure if we are ready. But, ready or not here we come!! Another new fun thing is Cami recognizing pictures of "mama" and "dada". She doesn't say our names, but she points and laughs with excitement. And then she is learning pretty quickly to give High Fives, pretty cute if I do say so myself.

We also have been SUPER busy the past month in a half with trips, weddings, and visitors. We have enjoyed it all, but are looking forward to a couple of low key weekends with nothing to do. Then its off to an exciting Thanksgiving in Ohio with Julie's WHOLE side of the family. We are also excited to be able to go to Oregon for Christmas this year. All this will be here before we know it.

Happy Halloween!! (pictures to come of Cami as a Kitty)

Go Titans!!

Devin took me to my first ever NFL game and it was a lot of fun (even though we lost)!

Many Face of Cami

This is her famous "Stank Face!" We mainly get this face when she wants something and we won't give it to her or if she gets excited. You can also see that she now has two bottom teeth (they came in within a week of each other).

Go Ducks! Bath time is a highlight of our day. She has discovered how to make BIG splashes and gets very proud of herself. Cami is also trying to now climb out of the bathtub, so until my foot is healed it looks like the sink is the new bathtub!

She LOVES her lovey. In the past week if she has been upset, the lovey has official began to help calm her. She is so cute holding it and sucking her thumb. This picture also shows how big she is getting. Last time we were at the doctor she weighed in at 18 pds 8 ounces a week in a half ago. (But my back and arms are saying she has gained at least a pd since)

Grandpa Zupan came to visit!

Couple weeks back Devin's dad John came to visit and go to the UT vs Oregon game. We had lots of fun with him and Cambria just loved him and his mustache. She kepted on trying to "wipe it off" whenever she had a cloth or her lovey. It was also very funny watching Cami in her walker and Grandpa Zupan in the office chair chasing each other around. Tons of giggles and lots of new memories. Especially since Oregon came back to beat UT in the 2nd half. We very much look forward to our visit to Oregon in December!

It's official!!

Cami has her first tooth! It popped in earlier this week and we have another one on the verge of coming through as well. I will try to get a picture to post on here soon. I do have to say I am happy her teeth are coming in, but will miss that cute toothless grin! Hope everyone is doing well.

Life Lately

Cami's first time at the park. She loved swinging and was all smiles!

She also absolutely loves her walker. We have a long hallway and she will run up and down it squeeling. Then she likes to chase you and try to run you over... once again funny, but doesn't feel to good!

Riding around a little while for some Father-Daughter time on the lawn mower. She wasn't too sure about it.

Growing so quickly

Random times in July

Cambria is growing up so quick, we just want to freeze her in time just for a little bit. She is really getting mobile with her "army crawl." She loves to leap forward, then army crawl, and then roll to get where she wants to go. It is quite entertaining! Another thing she is loving is to stand with mommy or daddy holding her hands and then "walking." She gets so excited to be standing and moving. So child proofing has really begun, but we have a lot more to go.

We got to also take a trip just the two of us to Cabo with some good friends. Cambria got to stay with Papa and Nini while we were gone. It was gorgeous weather and a great trip, but we sure did miss our little angel.

Boston in July

We had a great trip to Boston to visit Julie's brother and family. With Cambria and her cousin Reese only being 2 months apart it was so fun watching them interact. Jackson was so excited to see us and we had so much fun playing on the beach. Most of all watching him beat Devin at the Wii games :) It was a lot of fun and we can't wait to see them again at Thanksgiving!

1st Father's Day

Devin had a weekend of Father's Day fun. Part of what Devin wanted for Father's Day was a date night, so Saturday night we got a babysitter and went to dinner at a restaurant called Cabana. Then Sunday to no suprise if you know Devin he wanted to go to Chipotle. So, overall it was just a nice relaxing weekend. I feel so completely blessed to have him as my husband, and he is such a good daddy to Cambria. You knew Devin was going to be a good daddy when he was thrown in head first to take care of Cami the first 24 hours without my help. So thank you Devin for all you do and hope you had an amazing 1st Father's Day! We love you :)

Getting some air!

The jumper is her favorite thing to do right now. If she is upset, this is one of the main things that distracts her and makes her happy!

Life's a Dance

The song lyrics "Life's a dance you learn as you go..." seem to play thru my head a lot lately. We have gone thru a lot of changes the past 4 1/2 months just like any first time parents.With Julie going back to work almost two weeks ago and Cami in child care, we are learning to adjust and get into our new routine. Cambria is at our friends house and with one other little boy named Malachi 4 days a week and then at ours on Fridays. She seems to really be doing well with Rebekah (the friend that watches her) and Malachi(Devin's co-workers little boy). It is a lot of fun to sit and watch them play and even laugh at each other. Malachi is 4 months older to the day which seems to be really helping Cambria with her motor skills in just the couple days she has been there.

Cambria is also really starting to take an interest in Marley lately. She will just sit in her exersaucer and laugh at her or just stare. It is very cute and I have a feeling she is already falling in love with Marley.
Our swaddle days are coming to an end. Cami started kicking off the bottom, and now she wiggles out of the top as well. Very funny to watch!

Cami and her friend Malachi.

I love my toes...

one of my new favorite things to do

Cami 3 month pics

My friend Leslie made the flower headband and tutu.
This one is for my mom... I wore this outfit when I was a baby as well

She is getting very curious now adays. She is officially rolling over from her back to tummy and tummy to back. Growing up way to quick.

Happy Times

So Cambria started giggling last week. We caught it on our phones, but it won't seem to upload on here. Hopefully we will be able to catch it on our video camera soon and will upload it. She is getting so big and is just so cute if I do say so myself. It is hard to believe that she is already 3 months! She is also starting to really scoot around on her back, but still no rolling over yet. I am sure she will soon though. Other news Julie went back to the doctor yesterday and got a good report. She will go back in 4 weeks and hopefully will be cleared to be active again. It will be bittersweet because this also means she will be back to work within a week of this appointment. We will be taking Cami to an at home child care with one other little boy. We know she will be in great hands, but as we all know it is never easy leaving your child with someone else all day. So please say a prayer for us as we start to go thru this transition. Devin has been working extra hard and we are all very proud of him. He was the first recruiter in his office to hit quarterly contest. His hard work is really paying off! Next month or so we don't have exciting trips or anything, but we are very excited to take a trip to Boston to visit Julie's brother and family for the 4th of July. We have never been up North during the summer so it should be fun! Hope all is well and next time hopefully I will have a video of Cambria laughing for all to enjoy as much as we do.

Time is Flying

One thing we have learned is that children really do grow up so quick. Yes we hear it all the time, but never knew what it feels like until you are going thru it with your own child. Cambria will be 3 months on the 22nd, and we can't believe it. She has been such a blessing and a great baby. A couple big events for her has been her rolling over to her left side once, rolling from tummy to back a couple times, and and has been sleeping thru the night since she was 6 weeks old.

We just got back from Oregon the day before Easter and the trip was a lot of fun. Cambria got to meet her Aunt Chelsea and Great Grandparents (Devin's grandparents). Below is a picture of us with Cambria's Great Grandparents and a picture of us at the coast. Cambria really seemed to love Banca's mustache (Great grandfather) and Banca was so cute with her.

When we got home from Oregon the whole Faith side of family was in town (all 13 of us)! It was a lot of fun getting to meet our niece Reese Elizabeth Faith. She was so adorable and her and Cambria got along great! :) All the boys played well and definitely enjoyed being together again. Everyone came to our church and then we went to lunch at P.F.Changs.

So we had a blast going to Oregon and then getting to come home to more family. Felt nice!